Kathleen Boy Name

The table below indicates the number of times the name Kathleen has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Kathleen

Use of the Name Kathleen for Boys During the Last ...

125 Years

50 Years

25 Years

10 Years

5 Years

2 Years

1 Year

56

0

0

0

0

0

0

The table below indicates the number of times the name Kathleen has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Kathleen

Used as a Boy Name

Used as a Girl Name

Year

Rank

Count

Rank

Count

1880

358

21

1881

477

13

1882

374

23

1883

418

21

1884

387

27

1885

333

38

1886

321

43

1887

302

50

1888

286

67

1889

252

87

1890

239

105

1891

228

113

1892

208

149

1893

196

170

1894

205

168

1895

196

192

1896

169

259

1897

173

251

1898

163

306

1899

184

231

1900

170

323

1901

168

273

1902

158

327

1903

149

352

1904

147

363

1905

152

386

1906

143

413

1907

149

440

1908

132

525

1909

135

526

1910

132

620

1911

126

663

1912

118

979

1913

111

1,174

1914

110

1,469

1915

104

1,937

1916

104

2,154

1917

101

2,357

1918

99

2,634

1919

101

2,588

1920

91

3,152

1921

83

3,420

1922

80

3,468

1923

70

3,754

1924

76

3,668

1925

81

3,506

1926

83

3,272

1927

83

3,260

1928

83

3,142

1929

89

2,940

1930

84

3,069

1931

86

2,795

1932

83

2,947

1933

77

3,120

1934

74

3,275

1935

71

3,351

1936

67

3,350

1937

61

3,740

1938

58

4,230

1939

48

4,655

1940

40

5,701

1941

36

7,157

1942

24

10,702

1943

22

12,133

1944

20

13,007

1945

19

13,811

1946

16

18,731

1947

11

22,069

1948

10

23,237

1949

929

56

9

26,317

1950

10

25,682

1951

10

26,663

1952

11

25,759

1953

14

23,709

1954

14

22,452

1955

17

21,991

1956

17

21,364

1957

21

19,742

1958

21

19,189

1959

23

17,631

1960

27

16,090

1961

29

15,376

1962

29

14,182

1963

28

13,554

1964

30

13,229

1965

34

11,790

1966

37

10,494

1967

40

9,210

1968

40

8,736

1969

42

8,300

1970

45

7,426

1971

53

6,156

1972

57

5,114

1973

68

4,257

1974

76

3,963

1975

80

3,549

1976

82

3,404

1977

79

3,651

1978

79

3,746

1979

84

3,643

1980

82

3,852

1981

82

3,772

1982

77

3,948

1983

73

3,917

1984

71

3,985

1985

68

4,083

1986

68

4,126

1987

72

4,158

1988

75

3,923

1989

90

3,601

1990

92

3,670

1991

102

3,368

1992

108

3,132

1993

117

2,745

1994

130

2,428

1995

139

2,280

1996

151

2,107

1997

175

1,742

1998

171

1,734

1999

191

1,629

2000

203

1,579

2001

238

1,332

2002

259

1,207

2003

282

1,089

2004

318

981

Totals:

56

704,256

During the last 125 years, parents have used Kathleen as a boy's name about 0% of the time and more frequently (about 99% of the time) as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables may be much lower than actual counts because the name Kathleen appears in the top 1,000 boy names only once during the last 125 years.